Trump has not done anything that other American presidents have not done, other than threaten and usurp the rights of the people and Congress. McCarthy manipulated Congress, the President did nothing to stop him, but Congress did end his reign of terror, in a moment and he disappeared into the back benches. Trump simply circumvents Congress.
All presidents have a high degree of narcissism. It is a requirement for the job. It is not in itself a bad thing. A president who sits in meditation chanting Ohm all day rather than using authority to make decisions and basically tell people what to do is not a useful president!
So, what is different about Trump? His narcissism has always been grandiose and in this term has become full-blown malignant narcissism. He is not only lacking in the capacity to feel empathy, but most importantly he is lacking in intellectual depth, which he is openly proud of, and is crude to the extent of vulgarity (he is proud of that aspect of himself) and a bully who uses very little in the way of niceties to sugar coat his bullying. He leads a nation that is convinced of its own exceptional greatness not only in the world but in the entire history of the world, which is perhaps why he got elected twice. But, Trump serves himself, not his country. When he threatens to fix interest rates at 10%, it is not to help Americans struggling with credit card debts but to reverse his declining popularity (mid terms looming).
Most of the world is looking at what is happening in the USA and is not celebrating Americans having done to them what they have proudly done to others all over the world for decades. Outrage, compassion, fear for Americans ... no one wants to see Americans being bullied, assaulted, killed by their own government, and exploited to feed the voracious greed of the billionaire class. But no country is going to attack America (dropping bombs on people who are being oppressed, or any people, is evil). Some countries will go as far as to say they respect the sovereignty of the USA and thus have no right to comment about decisions and policy of the USA (as the South African president has just done).
A number of psychics have predicted that Trump will not finish his term, and some are saying he will be out of the White House before the end of the year. Maybe he is going to move the presidency to Mar a Lago? Joke!
My sympathies are with the American people and I hope this venturism into extreme grandiose malignant narcissism ends sooner rather than later, without more suffering and violence.




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